berk
n. US //ˈbɝk// UK //bˈɜːk// berk
As a Dutch, Czech, and Polish surname, from a Germanic personal name stemming from Proto-Germanic berô (“bear”). Also see Bernhard. As a Dutch and north German surname, from the word for birch tree, from Proto-West Germanic berku. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Berg.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated April 21, 2026